Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
November 2012
- Lisa Schwartz to lead Oregon Dept. of Energy
- San Francisco adds green building labels
- Washington Gov. Gregoire takes on ocean acidification
- Smith Electric Vehicles adding up to 200 manufacturing jobs
- High tides in South Florida raise climate concerns
- Solar panel prices continue their decline
- Defunct Signet Solar files bankruptcy
- Argonne Lab wins $120M battery research center near Chicago
- Better Bean dishes up new sustainable packaging
- Production Tax Credit is key to U.S. energy security
- Coalition formed to oppose Oregon Clean Fuels Program
- PacifiCorp report: Wind integration getting cheaper
- Nike unveils greener soccer shoe
- ECOtality sees strong interest from private sector for EV chargers
- Just how local was last week's feast?
- SunEdison sets up $314M financing for South Africa solar projects
- Sharp Labs nets $2.9 million from feds for energy storage development
- Green "micro-apartments" ready to rent in San Francisco
- Broadwind Energy lands $14 million wind tower order
- Crailar flax fiber goes into production in December
- Sustainable products need innovative materials
- New Seasons to open central kitchen in Portland's Eastside
- New Chevy Spark EV to go on sale next year in Oregon
- Oregon Leaders Awards laud energy-efficient industrial firms
- PGE receives bids for 39 renewable energy projects
- Boston's Cape Wind enjoys two key victories
- Minneapolis may publish energy-efficiency scores for commercial buildings
- Chicago garbage trucks going electric
- Green Hammer expands to Ashland
- Exports — including coal — are key to a sustainable economy
- Decision delayed on coal export permit
- SolarReserve gets approval for Arizona plant
- Tesla raises the price on Model S
- SolarCity IPO expected by year-end
- More gadgets, more power: What we can do about it
- At NuScale, an opportunity lost, another on the horizon
- Portland Public Schools adds propane buses to fleet
- Preciva taps crowdfunding for prototype development
- Focus Designs selling one-wheeled EV for commuter's last mile
- Pig waste-to-energy project wins award in N.C.
- Georgia Power to triple its solar investment
- Xzeres raises $1.5 million
- Tesla wins round in fight to sell cars in Massachusetts
- World Bank reports warns of 'cataclysmic changes' due to global warming
- Bridgetown Natural Foods lands $7M
- EPEAT reports 30 percent increase in sales
- Hawaii’s largest wind farm begins operations
- Cap-and-trade credits sell out in California
- Solar advocates split on Chinese tariffs in Pennsylvania
- Is LEED losing luster among business executives?
- Biomimicry Oregon gets Bullitt funding to study regional issues
- Building systems set to hand over the keys to cubicle
- 5 social entrepreneurship startups with a global focus
- Gallery: Celebrating sustainable innovation at SBO Awards luncheon
- Arnerich and Chen: Now's the time to invest in green
- Innovation in Sustainability award winners unveiled
- Hawthorne Auto bucks 'dirty' industry image with green practices
- Boly:Welch helps employees 'get religion' for sustainability
- Innovation in Sustainable Operations: Keen
- Kettle Brand continues supply chain improvements
- Bamboo Sushi fishes for better sustainability
- Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chain: Sustainable Harvest
- Bee Local spreads the buzz about the role of bees
- EcoZoom works to clear the air
- Innovation in a Sustainable Product: Lucid Energy
- Oregon Wave Energy Trust works to position state as renewable leader
- Freshwater Trust forges new environmental markets
- Innovation in Sustainable Business Advocacy: Green Sports Alliance
- Leadership Award: Bruce Laird shapes Oregon's clean energy sector
- Newsmakers: Moss Adams' Michelle Gall goes deep on the sustainable imperative
- Solar companies eye boom-bust business in the post-'Solarize' era
- Oregon's thermal opportunity would put forest waste to work
- SBO Awards set to inspire
- Top 10 LEED Platinum projects in Oregon
- SolarWorld reports Q3 loss, confirms Hillsboro layoffs
- Kitzhaber joins western governors in a call to put a price on carbon
- Blu Homes acquires SF-based Modern Cabana
- Lake County adds massive solar array to its renewables roster
- Did Vestas meet job growth requirements for HQ loan?
- Gallery: Bee Local champions urban honey bees
- Sustainable investing gains momentum
- Newsmakers: A.P. Hurd talks up the carbon efficiency of city living
- How well did Oregon vet its $5 million in loans to now-bankrupt ReVolt?
- White Sands Missile Range homes going solar
- Bloom Energy eyes profitability in 2013
- ReVolt Technology officially files bankruptcy
- Wyrsch on Vestas' future, its Pearl HQ, and why she's staying in Portland
- Tesla's Model S named car of the year, Musk jabs Romney
- One Northwest startup a finalist at 2012 Cleantech Open
- Recycled granite product from Oregon featured in DIY Network
- For Vestas, a new boss as winds change
- New Vestas chief has long history in energy
- Martha Wyrsch replaced at Vestas Americas
- Portland's Susan Anderson makes the Portlandia-sustainability link
- World's largest solar project underway in California
- View developing energy efficient window technology
- Energy efficiency upgrades driving business at Neil Kelly
- AMENERGY eyes $64.5M solar project in North Carolina
- Mr. Sun goes to China: Part 1
- San Francisco aims for electric vehicle leadership
- Clean Energy Works Oregon looks for state help to grow faster
- U.S. carbon tax becomes part of fiscal cliff debate
- Social Venture Society raising VC fund, hosting conference
- Bill McKibben gives us one more reason to get over ourselves
- OSU: Metals industry can use sugar to reduce toxics
- Kitzhaber to urge Congress to pass wind tax credit extension
- John Gray's family puts up $4.5M for Oregon land conservation
- Ford's Focus Electric gets a test drive in Seattle
- Eyes on European market, Brammo heads to Milan motorcycle exhibition
- Berkeley researchers go old school to make modern biofuel
- Electric vehicles: Keep Oregon weird
- First Wind pitches $100M Maine wind farm
- Reed College signs $5.4M energy efficiency contract with Ameresco
- Vestas plans to cut 2,000 more jobs, may sell 20% stake
- Portland businesses band together to encourage local shopping on Black Friday
- California getting 200 EV chargers in NRG settlement
- Final vote upholds solar tariffs
- Dave's Killer Bread swallows NatureBake
- Energy storage startup LightSail raises $37.3M
- BNSF: Coal trains won't congest Puget Sound cargo trains
- Kansas City gets OK for streetcar line
- Hillsboro's transportation hubs concept a finalist for $5M prize
- Newsmakers: Greg Dees on scaling social innovation
- UO's sustainable cities program seeks next city partner
- An Oregon response to climate change
- Powin Energy hires former ReVolt technologies executive
- Portland Farmers Market finds shoppers motivated by local economy over fresh tomatoes
- Air pollution drops at Puget Sound ports
- Sales of hybrids, EVs stay brisk in Oregon
- Earth Advantage Institute spins off CakeSystems
- Oregon's energy players eye election outcome
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